RON  SWINDALL  MUSIC

ROOTS, JAZZ, BLUES, and ROCK 'N ROLL

THE RON SWINDALL MUSIC AND FALLEN STARS RECORDS PAGE, WHERE YOU'LL FIND INFORMATION ABOUT RON SWINDALL AND MANY OTHER APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN MUSICIANS , BANDS, AND PLACE ORDERS FOR RARE RECORDINGS BY THESE MUSICIANS THAT YOU ARE NOT LIKELY TO FIND IN RECORD STORES.

                 

LINKS:
                 My Space <<<<-----Ron's personal MySpace page is here
               Music History <<<<-----Much of the history of SWVA Musicians 1940 and up can be found here
 HOMESTEAD STUDIO <<<<-----Visit the website of Homestead Recording Studio...Click here 
            ROOTS <<<<----- Ron's CD, "ROOTS" and other CD's Click over here to see the details and to make a purchase.

Glenn Carson Smith

Hello, and welcome to the "Ron Swindall Music" page. This web site provides information about the life and music of this artist and links to lots of other information about musicians, both well known and not so well known that have resided in the mountains of Southwestern Virginia.  We hope you'll enjoy browsing all the information that is available here and that you might enjoy the music enough to support our cause of promoting mountain musicians  and their music (of all styles) plus our own "ROOTS" music (not necessarily that written either now nor long ago by someone else).  You'll find this site to be a rather unusual concoction of info and different venues of music.  We do love bluegrass (which  is based on our Irish ancestry).   However, more than anyone in this country ,  mountain people here do own those songs which were written here and passed down in these mountains for decades or even centuries.  We can also lay claim to at least a few of those fantastic Rockabilly, Rock 'n Roll, Blues, Pop Country/Western, and Jazz tunes that have been around for so long,  and we can be especially proud of the ones in those venues which were written by good ole mountain folk (and there are certainly more than you might imagine!).  We encourage everyone to be open-minded and to love and enjoy all GOOD  music.  

IN MEMORY OF:

The wonderful performances, friendship and teaching/sharing by the following great musicians:

(*click on the starred names for a biography)

Glenn Carson Smith*

Joseph Delmas Flanary

David Tipton

Kenneth Duncan

Rod Tate

Bill Duckworth

Lucian Priode

Jim Hurt

Paul Dotson

George Hammond

Gary D. Slemp

 

 

 
Guy Lucian Priode was born Jan. 13, 1942 in Clintwood. Lucian devoted a great portion of his life to Wise County Public Schools as the Band Director of J. J. Kelly High School, having received accolades and awards for his work at innumerable levels. He was a wonderfully talented person. However, part of his talent was cracking everyone up. He had such a "cool" sense of humor. I believe he was the original "Fonzie".
Play sweet, Lucian.

A beaming Lucian Priode, 58, of Wise sidled up to get his picture taken with Pinkneys. When Priode was growing up, the radio waves were filled with hit numbers by The Drifters and The Temptations. "Oh, it's a thrill and an honor to meet Bill Pinkneys," Priode said through a smile that would probably last all day. "I enjoyed him and The Drifters for many, many, many years. And, I still do. I'll always remember this moment. This is special."

The Lucian Priode Instrument Fund Establishment

The J.J. Kelly Band Boosters have established the "Lucian Priode Instrument Fund" in honor of former J.J. Kelly Band Director and educator Lucian Priode. Many alumni have inquired as to how they can contribute to the band in honor of the memory of Mr. Priode. All donations will be deposited into a fund that will be created to provide instruments and instrument needs for members of the J.J. Kelly Band program. Donations can be sent to:

Lucian Priode Instrument Fund
J.J. Kelly Band Boosters
P.O. Box 2423
Wise, Virginia 24293

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Honoring Mr. Lucian Priode

This weekend at Christmas Parades in Coeburn, Wise and Norton, the J.J. Kelly High School "Pride of the Tribe" Marching Indian Band will honor the memory of Mr. Lucian Priode. All band members marching in the parades will wear a black ribbon to honor the memory of Mr. Priode, who passed away on November 28, 2008 due to illness. It is the hope of the band to honor his memory and to rekindle memories with citizens in all towns in Wise County, the impact of Mr. Lucian Priode on music programs at J.J. Kelly High School and Wise County.

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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